Seconds From Disaster - Space Shuttle Challenger part 2

The Space Shuttle Challenger explode just after launch. To know what was happened during that ill fated flight and what chain of events brought Challenger down. See this only in "Seconds From Disaster"

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[mkarnerfors]

The vehicle didn't "explode"... it was ripped apart. When the booster veered off and the tank collapsed, the shuttle was torn along and ended up wrong against the wind... it didnt' have it's nose pointed forward. The tremendous winds therefore ripped it to pieces immediately.

Had there been an explosion, everything would have been obliterated on the spot.

[psychokinrazalon]

At 1:41, it says "CAPCOM." Where's Mega Man at when you need him the most?

[DrejStinger1986]

@RandomDominoGuy [CAP]ital [COM]munications, I think...

[MrMirakal]

This must have been an absolute nightmare for the family of those victims who saw the disaster. The Lord rest the victims souls in eternal peace and give the surviving members the strength to carry on. A real tragedy hopefully NASA learnt s merging out of this.

[Freesyrianc]

God bless your souls poor astronauts !!

All humanity appreaciates your great efforts NASA

(A Syrian Muslim, and a NASA enthusiast !)

[MrHideyoursheep]

1 second in, you can tell that the right SRB was not a FULL plum of fire..It was flickering in such a way that the pressure was way lower than the (GOOD left SRB). Yes the field joint failed and seven people 60,000 feet in the air Died, Because lack of Nasa management. Who the hell would launch at 36c weather? A day later if they waited on the 29th this would never happen. Tell someone wants to name a shuttle Christ and see if it blow's.Don't name a spacecraft with a C. This day is burned in me.

[garycalgary]

I asked the person who filmed the family's grief how if I go to your loved one's funeral and snicker at you while you grieve.

Some things are private and don't need to be seen

[lazyhorse22]

I feel sad for the families , that was heartbroken.

[scorpianofthesun]

@ilovebubu28 They might just be in shock. Probabaly even though they saw Challanger on their screens, what happened hasn't hit them yet. You know when you get into a car accident? You see the damage before you, but you're in so much shock, it hasn't actually hit you yet.

[Maloy7800]

@vtecivicsib18 She REALLY should have!

[vtecivicsib18]

@Maloy7800 man FUCK YOU piss off lil shit

[ciscokitty8]

@Maloy7800 That's why NASA puts them through such rigorous tests, to make sure they're up to the job :P

The space shuttle actually lets the onboard flight computer do most of the work, from the barrel roll at liftoff to positioning the shuttle for re-entry. There's very little that the crew themselves have to do manually (such as controlling the throttles on the main engines), the ship literally flies itself. Of course, there's still manual controls there, just in case.